3 Biggest Cue Mistakes (Easy To Fix!)

Just take this in for a second. Arguably the greatest player to have ever lived, giving you free coaching. Legend

Don't know snooker at all...clicked on this out of pure curiosity. Then I researched Stephen Hendry and discovered he was an absolute legend within his sport, and the existence of this video made me happy. I may not be able to appreciate this particular one, but I really do love it when "the best" of anything take the time to impart their wisdom. Congrats and thanks for treating your fans so well with this channel! 👍

Love this guy. He's a gentleman's gentleman and without question one of the greatest of the greats to ever play the game. He's also a fabulous commentator now and I always enjoy the match more when he's providing the commentary. Can't say enough good things about this great man and champion.

Don't play snooker but I find these tips fascinating. It will allow me to watch the professional players on tv with more appreciation of what they are trying to do.

Once I realized I was making that first mistake, I spent literally like a dozen practice sessions just working on my cue action and making sure I started following through. I didn't even worry so much about potting anything, it was just working on striking cleanly. Helped my game immensely, and when I played a friend (who I often played against ) afterwards, he immediately noticed the change in the way I was striking the ball. Absolutely the most important thing you can do to make your game better. Great video, Stephen!!

Finally world's greatest snooker professional gives us a YouTube channel! Cheers Steve, you're one of the reasons I love Scotland and of course snooker.

I‘m a amateur three-cushion billiards player, but I started to love watching snooker when I saw Steven Hendry on Eurosports. My eyes are not good enough for snooker and snooker tables are rare in Vienna, but it‘s really a great sport to watch. I’m still a big fan of Dennis Taylor, Steve Davis, Jimmy White and above all Steven Hendry.

What a treat. There are loads of channels giving snooker advice but only one from one of the GOATs of the sport.

Lovely stuff. A practical suggestion for the future tutorials, please consider getting a white ball with some dots or a stripe. It will emphasise the effect of playing with side, top and bottom spin more noticeable. Good start to the channel team, looking forward to seeing lots more.

Thanks so much, Stephen. You are a great teacher! I can't imagine an evening that would be better spent than with a pint here in your snooker room soaking up your wealth of snooker knowledge. I appreciate you sharing.

Love the POV cam - that really helps and it would be even more helpful if we can show the red dots on the cue ball where where the cue can strike to produce the different shots in a later video. Really enjoying this channel. Thank you Stephen!

Absolutely brilliant, thank you Stephen. I learned a lot and can’t wait to implement your advice into my game

Yes steven, thanks very much for making this vid. Out of all the club potters you went over, i think looking over the top of the ball and digging is most comparable. Love the content love to see more.

ok, can i just say - as a business owner i'm always open to learn. i'm very good at what i do but will always go back to basics. I watched this video twice yesterday, really watched it. it's basics 101. I play 8 ball, no longer play snooker but last night at league, applying these BASIC principles to my game i didn't drop a match all night. It's bumped me up to 83% win rate for season. every shot i played, i slowed down and made sure my stroke was smooth - got down over my cue properly and essentially had a lot of fun including a couple of master breaks. Thank you for reminding us that practicing the basics is so vital. Cheers from down under mate, videos are great.

Time Stamps - 0:21 Going Through the Cue Ball Smoothly 2:31 Bridge Hand Technique 5:34 Unwanted Side On Cue Ball

I had no idea you had a YouTube channel Stephen. Glad I found it tonight. I am one of the maybe 20 people from the U.S. that loves snooker. Haha. It's sad but it's true. Most pool players either don't like snooker at all, eventhough they've never played it or they just have never even heard of it. I was one of those up until three years ago. Never really heard of it. But once I started watching matches on YouTube I was hooked. And have been ever since. The terrible part is there is not a snooker table within six hours of where I live. So I'm saving up to get one. I absolutely love the game. I think Americans are impatient for the most part. That's why they play 8 ball and 9 ball. You can finish a game I nteo minutes and on to the next game. Where as in snooker the games can be quite long and so much more strategy, and using your brain to think. I just laugh at Americans who say pool is harder than snooker. Lol. They've obviously never played snooker. The game is so so so hard but I love it. I got to play for six months last year every single day. I spent six months in California and the pool hall there had two snooker tables. So I really got a lot of good practice in. I really miss it. But hopefully here in the next couple years I will have enough to buy one. Thank you and sorry about the lengthy comment.

Love it Stephen. Just getting back into the game after a nearly 20 year hiatus and this makes so much sense. Fantastic channel!

Wow, this is so brilliant. I went from admiring your skills over the years, but rather seeing you as a "le Chiffre" kinda guy (by his composure, not criminal record) , over seeing you on "Would I lie to you?" and realising how wrong my perseption was to witnessing you strap a go-pro to your head in order to teach people on YouTube. This is a dream come true!

Steven is a real inspiration , the best player and the best teacher

Thanks Stephen! These three tips are so fundamental, yet easily overlooked. There are so many things to think about when taking a shot - bridge hand, cue parallel, feet position, aiming, sighting, grip, potting, cue ball placement, etc.. Can you recommend a strategy on how to approach & consider all these things and execute successfully on a shot? (assuming the muscle memory has not been fully developed yet). E.g. is there a thinking sequence/routine you can share? Greetings from Australia!